Asshur in the Bible

Exact Match

And thou goest a-whoring unto sons of Asshur, Without thy being satisfied, And thou dost go a-whoring with them, And also -- thou hast not been satisfied.

Verse ConceptsInsatiablewhores

And she bestowed her whoredoms upon them, all of them the choice of the children of Asshur; and with all after whom she lusted, with all their idols she defiled herself.

Verse ConceptsPeople Polluting ThemselvesIdol Worship

Therefore I gave her into the hand of her lovers, into the hand of the children of Asshur, after whom she lusted.

She lusted after the children of Asshur her neighbours, governors and rulers, clothed most gorgeously, horsemen riding upon horses, all of them attractive young men.

The children of Babylon, and all the Chaldeans, Pekod and Shoa and Koa, all the children of Asshur with them; all of them attractive young men, governors and rulers, great lords and renowned, all of them riding upon horses.

Haran, and Canneh, and Eden, the merchants of Sheba, Asshur, and Chilmad, were thy merchants.

Verse ConceptsEden

Lo, Asshur, a cedar in Lebanon, Fair in branch, and shading bough, and high in stature, And between thickets hath its foliage been.

Verse ConceptsBranches, Types OfCedarPride, Examples OfTreesThings On High

Asshur is there and all her company: his graves are about him: all of them slain, fallen by the sword:

Thematic Bible



Shem’s sons: Elam, Asshur, Arpachshad, Lud, Aram, Uz, Hul, Gether, and Meshech.

Shem’s sons were Elam, Asshur, Arpachshad, Lud, and Aram.

From that land he went to Assyria and built Nineveh, Rehoboth-ir, Calah,

Assyria is there with all her company;
her graves are all around her.
All of them are slain, fallen by the sword.


Assyria will not save us,
we will not ride on horses,
and we will no longer proclaim, ‘Our gods!’
to the work of our hands.
For the fatherless receives compassion in You.”


References

Hastings

Easton

Morish

Smith

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